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Torc Officially Opens First Autonomous Hub in Fort Worth, Celebrates Commercialization Era
The weather forecast for the week of May 11th in Fort Worth was clear and hot, unlike the week before. The week of May 4th, the skies were darkened by massive storms, dropping almost two inches of rain in a day. On the 11th, the high temperature was 75, and on the...
Lisa Brown Joins Torc as Senior Director of Product Engineering, Safety & Security
BLACKSBURG, Va – May 6, 2025 – Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG and a pioneer in commercializing self-driving vehicle technology, today announced the appointment of Lisa Brown as Senior Director of Product Engineering, Safety &...
Torc’s Approach to AI
The self-driving semi-trucks of the future have arrived – and they’re driving on highways now. At Torc, our autonomous trucks are beyond the research and development of prototypes and moving into our commercialization phase. The trucks that will solve customer needs...
Torc Names Steve Kenner as Chief Safety Officer
Kenner brings a wealth of experience leading safety at multiple automotive and tech companies as Torc nears market entry and commercialization BLACKSBURG, Va – April 17, 2025 – Torc, a pioneer in commercializing self-driving class 8 trucks, today announced the...
Daimler Truck’s Autonomous-Ready Fifth Generation Freightliner Cascadia Hits Texas Roads With Torc
This news is released jointly with Daimler Truck. The original can be found at www.daimlertruck.com. Daimler Truck delivers latest iteration of autonomous-ready truck platform based on the new Fifth Generation Freightliner Cascadia with redundant safety features to...
Texas Road Tour 2025: Legislators, First Responders Learn About Autonomous Trucking
On the road again! Our Torc autonomous truck traveled between Austin and Ft. Worth for the Texas Road Tour 2025 Willie Nelson famously sings about being on the road again, and Torcrs (with their love of all things transportation) made that our theme song during the...
Daimler Truck CFO Eva Scherer Joins Torc Board
Torc is pleased to announce that Eva Scherer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Daimler Truck Holding AG, has joined Torc's Board of Directors as of February 24th, 2025. She joins the current board members Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck, John O’Leary, President...
GTC 2025 Recap: ‘The Competition Is Shocked’ By Progress, Collaboration With NVIDIA, Flex
Sometimes, conferences are so big, they become a city within a city… with a very specific agenda. During the week of March 17, 2025, Over 39,000 people descended on San Jose to see all industry giant NVIDIA had to offer at their annual GPU Technology Conference, or...
Torc Collaborates with Flex on Physical AI Platform for Autonomous Trucks, Accelerated by NVIDIA
The platform leverages NVIDIA DRIVE AGX with Flex’s Jupiter compute platform and manufacturing capabilities to support Torc’s productization and scaled market entry in 2027 BLACKSBURG, Va – March 18, 2025 – Torc, a pioneer in commercializing self-driving class 8...
Manifest 2025: Torc’s autonomous showcase debut steals the limelight
Every trade show has that one booth that stands out as memorable. At Manifest 2025, from February 10-12 in Las Vegas, Torc was the owner of that booth. With the debut of our new road-show ready, custom-wrapped, open sided showcase trailer – pulled by an autonomous...
Dr. Nico Heußner: Advancing Lidar Technology for Self-Driving Trucks
Building safe, commercially viable autonomous vehicles starts with reliable hardware and a redundant system. Across all levels of self-driving car and truck, lidar is a critical piece of safety equipment. In tandem with cameras and radar units, lidar allows our...
Daimler Truck CEO Karin Rådström Joins Torc Board of Directors
© Daimler Truck AGThe Torc Board of Directors is welcoming a new member. Daimler Truck CEO Karin Rådström has joined the Torc Board of Directors as of January 1, 2025. She joins John O'Leary, President and CEO of Daimler Truck North America; Stefan Kürschner, CFO at...
Torc Takes CES 2025
Torc started 2025 – its 20th anniversary year – in a big way, by making a splash at CES in Las Vegas, January 7-10, 2025. As guests of partner Aeva, one of Torc's newest autonomous trucks took center stage in the booth, sparking conversations and questions from CES...
Torc Signs Lease Agreement for New Autonomous Truck Hub in Dallas-Fort Worth Area for Testing and Commercial Operations
The new location will be a hub for Torc’s autonomous testing efforts, customer freight pilots, and future commercialization slated for 2027.